I actually tried that, but it resulted in getting a bunch of errors from LaTeX. It look goot in LyX, but I don't understand how it's breaking LaTeX in this instance.
%% LyX 1.4.3-5 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/. %% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing. \documentclass[english]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} \makeatletter %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands. %% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline \providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\} \usepackage{babel} \makeatother \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline \begin{align*} 7x+10y & =50\textrm{ for }y=4\\ 7x+10(4) & =50\\ 7x+40 & =50\\ 7x+40-40 & =50-40\\ 7x & =10\\ x & =\frac{10}{7}\end{align*} & \begin{align*} & \textrm{Check:}\\ 7x+10y & =50\textrm{ for }y=4\\ 7(\frac{10}{7})+10(4) & =50\\ 10+40 & =50\\ 50 & =50\end{align*} \tabularnewline \hline \end{tabular} \end{document} -- Steven -----Original Message----- From: John Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Totally New] Trying to format mathematical equations in two columns Hi, How about using a table? You can set the column widths so that the equations are as far apart or close together as possible and the rows will always line up. Regards John >From: "Steven Harms (stharms)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Totally New] Trying to format mathematical equations in two >columns >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:27:34 -0800 > >Hello All, > >LyX is great! It's helped me so much already! Regrettably, as you >learn the power of LyX, the more you can be obsessive about tiny little >details, so here's mine. > >I'm doing some math homework and I've been laying out my homework >brilliantly with the Insert->Math->align. The two cool blue 'type-in' >areas pop up and I enter "x+y" in the first and "=z" in the 2nd. With >CTRL+M I can add more blue pairs and that's how I lay out my equations >CTRL+( >is that the LyX Way (tm) ? ). > >But on some homework we're obligated to do a "check". What I would >like to do is have: >(it's painful to re-lay this out after having the power of LyX ;) ) > > >14. > > Problem Check {titles should be centered over coulmn} >__________________________________ >|x+5=11 | x+5=11{underline} | >| x=11-5 | 6+5= | >| x=6 | 11 {underline} | >---------------------------------- > >I looked at the \multicolumn{} directive but that seems only to 'flow' >text from one col into another. > >I also looked at the \{tabbing} environment, but that doesn't seem to >play nice with my math equations. > >Does anyone have an example of this that I could take a look at, or is >there a Better Way? > >Thanks! > >Steven _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com
